Things that no word exists for ... but it should

[NightJohnBoy]

When you feel a sneeze coming and you're looking forward to it and suddenly it disappears :(
Shneezenfreude

Latin certainly has different words for relatives on different sides of the family. What we really need are words for the relationships made with divorce and remarriage: for instance, that between a child and their father’s ex-wife who is also the mother of their older half-siblings, or the ex-step-parent/grandparent that still plays a big part in the family.

Love the Meaning of Liff. Unfortunately my family don’t quite get the concept. How about ‘Sixpenny Handley’ for the customer that holds up the checkout queue by laboriously counting out their payment in 5p pieces, expired coupons, toy money and Monopoly notes?

The giant inflatable flailing arm figures. There should just be one word.

In Norwegian:

Mormor... maternal grandmother
Farmor... paternal grandmother
Morfar... maternal grandfather
Farfar... paternal grandfather

I think that's just called reflux, isn't it?

@CandyLeBonBon
It is indeed, however I never actually thought about it so this is something that I didn't actually learn until another poster said! Genuinely never tried to put a name to it. I always called it bubble of sick. I have issues...clearly. I swear I am far from thick

We do need a word for: -

When someone insists on helping you even though you don't need any help and it actually ends up creating more work for you, but you still have to be grateful.

How about - recombobulated, the feeling you get when you wake up refreshed from a much needed nap.

Yes exactly this 😂

There's kidults but that's not right either.

I think 'bubble of sick' is far more apt!!

"Someone who isn't me did this in reverse and asked for possible definitions for the word "farage". The winner was "the liquid that stagnates at the bottom of a fetid wheelie bin" or something similar. Always made me smile."

We call it bin juice

Someone has actually typed all of this out !

www.lib.ru/ADAMS/liff.txt

My favourites - STURRY (n.,vb.)

"A token run. Pedestrians who have chosen to cross a road immediately in
front of an approaching vehicle generally give a little wave and break into
a "sturry". This gives the impression of hurrying without having any practical
effect on their speed whatsoever"

And

WOKING (participial vb.)

"Standing in the kitchen wondering what you came in here for"

@TheWayoftheLeaf
That is brilliant
Im going to use that 😭

Dutch has a word for when you want to eat something because it tastes good but you're not actually hungry: lekkerhonger. Or at least, my Dutch Oma always said that, which is why I'm not sure about spelling, or if it's an actual word. But it means tasty hunger, basically.

The scrubby thing you use in the shower to put soap on

'The chucker' in our house.

Errr…acid reflux?

There has to be a word for that feeling of exasperation you get while standing at the checkout behind another customer who is taking all the time in the world.

We call that baby barf

Are adult children offspring? It doesn't work the same way though, does it? It's more detached, as though perhaps you just laid a clutch of eggs, buried them in the sand and then let them fend for themselves.

Children who have half-siblings in common but are not actually related.

DH and his ex-wife are on friendly terms and so our son (16) often sees her son(15) who is... his friend? sort of cousin? they each have two half-siblings in common.

This is a hicburp 😉

@MrsPear I came on to say the same. There are orphans and widow/ers. But no word for a parent who has lost a child 😢

You win the internet! 😂

When I lived in Indonesia I discovered they had a word for your child's in-laws, ie my daughter's, husband's parents in relation to me

Yes, there should be and there should be a way for a parent to describe it within having to trawl through the details every time it comes up.

I know a few bereaved parents and they are no less parents than when their children were alive. 💐

That depressing sinking feeling that a highways planner gets when they see the traffic lights on their complicated junction have stopped working and the junction is now working much better.